Question

a merchant is selling wind chimes from a booth at the flea market. He rents his space for 125$ per day. The profit from each wind chime sold is 12$ .His goal is to make 3500 in a five day work. Which equation represents how many chimes he needs to sell in a week to meet his goal

Answer 1

Let n be the number of minimum chimes needed.

$3500=$12n-$125x5
$4125=$12n